"WE are and will continue to
live our ancestor's dreams, because to whom much is given much is
required.
WE are mindful that our
ancestors, though a chosen people, were constrained by the
circumstances of THEIR times. Yet, WE take pride in our ancestors
and THEIR achievements. WE recognize THEIR legacy of spirituality,
survival, sacrifice, personality and disposition which has been
bestowed upon us.
THEY did not choose us, nor
did WE them, But WE are forever linked. WE owe everything, our very
existence, to our ancestors. Yet WE know so little about them as
THEIR lives were so humbly recorded or simply remembered by fading
memories.
WE must learn from THEIR
mistakes as well as THEIR successes; from THEIR tragedies and THEIR
triumphs; from THEIR sins as well as THEIR virtues; from THEIR hopes
as well as THEIR fears. WE recognize that OUR destiny is in OUR
hands..........."